Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Feb 17 2019, 06:20 AM
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#391
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 24-August 07 Member No.: 3405 |
RIP Oppy
I'll never forget:
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Feb 17 2019, 06:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
One remark at the mission-completion press conference caught my attention. It was speculated that the stuck-on heater, combined with a mistimed clock, may have doomed the rover. That would explain a lot.
This made me think of how arthritis in elderly people is not directly life-threatening, but it can cause a fall that may prove fatal. Ultimately, human or robot cannot beat Father Time, or the Great Ghoul of Mars. But the torch is passed.... |
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Feb 17 2019, 12:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
I have been lurking here almost daily but a long time has gone since my last post.
This is a bittersweet situation, I'm sad to see the end of this mission but on the other hand happy while remembering the whole jouney of these rovers as followed by all of us, UMSF members. And above all I am deeply grateful to NASA and the MER project members for having made us participants of this mission, "armchair rover drivers" I would say, in particular with their decision to promptly release images to the public. That "wow!" feeling after realizing that we were the first humans looking at new scenes taken on another world just a few hours before is something I will never forget. Thanks for this incredible adventure! |
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Feb 17 2019, 09:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 819 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
I remember the day I discovered UMSF, I was back then a teenager looking for fresh informations and pictures about Spirit and Oppy. I was so excited to discover this high level forum gathering passionate people, sharing panoramas and giving so precise informations to follow the adventures of these rovers. During a long time I have been reading at posts, then I timidly shared my first image processing work and identification of horizon features. Then I shifted my interests from MER to Curiosity. But I still kept an eye on the amazing little rover Oppy.
Thanks Doug for having created UMSF and thanks MER project members for having made possible to live these martian adventures! -------------------- |
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Feb 19 2019, 10:07 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 24-August 07 Member No.: 3405 |
I too am a longtime lurker (longer than my Join date). I have a passion for planetary science (went to school for it, once worked at NASA) but lack the deep experience and knowledge the regulars here have. So...I keep my mouth shut. :-)
I really enjoy these forums. |
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Feb 21 2019, 01:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Québec Member No.: 7339 |
For all those who have followed this mission closely. I made a last update for Opportunity!
The Martian Panoramic https://sites.google.com/site/lespanoramiquesmartiens/ _______________________________________________________________________ Pour tout ceux qui ont suivit de près cette mission. J'ai fais une dernière mise à jour pour Opportunity ! Les Panoramiques Martiens https://sites.google.com/site/lespanoramiquesmartiens/ -------------------- |
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Feb 23 2019, 02:49 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Amsterdam Member No.: 1584 |
To celebrate Opportunity’s spectacular journey I created a 360 degrees panoramic animation of the entire mission.
It’s 7 minutes long, raw and unpolished but I think its quite enjoyable already. Don’t forget to pause the movie when it’s going too fast. Thank you Opportunity and everyone involved, it was an incredible ride! https://vimeo.com/319041029 -------------------- |
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Feb 23 2019, 06:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 923 Joined: 10-November 15 Member No.: 7837 |
Wow. That was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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Feb 23 2019, 10:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
I second that. Outstanding.
Nice to see some cloud studies there too. Is Oppy going to be renamed the 'something something memorial station' at some point? P |
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Feb 24 2019, 01:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Is Oppy going to be renamed the 'something something memorial station' at some point? Historically rovers haven't gotten names like this. The MER-B landing site was already named. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extra...trial_memorials -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Mar 5 2019, 07:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
It's been a while, following quietly for the most recent several years.... bye Oppy, you are dearly missed and warmly remembered.
-- Jacob |
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Mar 7 2019, 12:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
Thanks to phase4 for making that panoramic video posted above. I have really been enjoying it, having lived through the whole adventure as it happened, its especially gratifying to be able to point the viewport as if you're a passenger riding with Oppy and sort of look out the window and see what comes into view, like the dune tendrils in Endurance, the bashed heatshield, getting stuck in purgatory, those micro-craters on the long trek to Victoria, and so much more.. point your viewport to the south and watch Endeavor pop up into view, keep it trained on the ridge behind and watch solander point fade into the distance. Future rovers should upgrade the navcam system to a true 360 cam which would keep the view fluid and unobstructed by all the gaps across the sols.
Its so cool to be able to experience it this way and is something i've wanted to make a project of on my own but never quite had the experience or time to try to figure it out. Now it would really be cool if the Vimeo player had more game-like controls for playback speed, fwd, rev, fov.. or maybe if the source video format is portable to other players... |
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Mar 9 2019, 12:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 3-January 10 Member No.: 5156 |
Thank you very much, phase4, for this now two(!) videos. The first video was wonderful, and I watched it with my Samsung Gear VR. It was very impressive. As many others here I followed the mission from the very first touchdown and I could identify most of the sceneries without problems.
My question would be: What about making this a real 3D movie? You gave this answer 9 hours ago, as I found this video: https://vimeo.com/322369902. Here are the panoramas are displayed in 3D, so we can see it in real 3d with a head set. Thank you very much for this! It would be perfect to get the whole journey in 3d, maybe a little slower. -------------------- Need more input ...
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Mar 21 2019, 06:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/1376.pdf
Increase in RSL following the dust storm. There are also some MER abstracts at LPSC 2019... |
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Mar 22 2019, 06:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1057 Joined: 17-February 09 Member No.: 4605 |
I am not sure that this is the right thread for discussion on RSL but the abstract is quite interesting and sets out a cogent explanation for the phenomenon.
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